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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

Trata-se, portanto, de uma questão de prioridade.

It is, therefore, a question of priorities.

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Why every word is where it is

Trata1verbit is abouttratar · present · 3rd sing.-se1pronoun(it)se,portantoadverbtherefore,deprepositionof, fromumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitequestãonounquestion, matterfem. · sing.deprepositionof, fromprioridadenounpriorityfem. · sing..
  • Trata → -se: sentence-initial enclisis: Trata-se
  • Trata → de: tratar-se de

Why it's built this way

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  1. 1
    Formal writing opens with the verb: Trata-se de, never «Se trata de». The many 'se's →